Hi Brian,
As a BMW Safari subscriber we wanted you to be the first to know about some exciting news for the TS Safari this year. Riders on this year’s BMW TS Safari will be treated to some special offers that any BMW fan would love to be a part of.

On Saturday 23rd February following the TS Safari, 20 lucky riders will be offered a test ride on the highly anticipated 2013 R 1200 GS “Wasser Boxer” and also the yet to be launched F 800 GT will be available to ride for a select few.

Interested TS’ers just need to grab a raffle ticket during the event and winners will be selected randomly through the week. These lucky few Safari riders will be the first people in the country to ride these new models."

Pity I'm not going on the Safari

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Current Bikes: Some Airheads and a couple of hexheads

Maybe there's an embargo on press reports, maybe not. But it sure seems like there's a strange quiet in the land of Wonderlich, Touratech, Twisted Throttle, J-Peg, Altrider, Hornig, Staintune, Remus, Saddleman, Russell, Corbin, Sargent, etc. regarding their upcoming farks for the Water Cooled Boxer.

I've got to assume they're all working feverishly to be ready for the avalanche of orders.

Anybody heard a peep?

Well, my last order of TT goodies which came in 2 weeks ago came with a Touratech Travel Time magazine labeled 2012/2013 on the front. It talks about the New Gear arrivals for 2013 and has a write-up stating, and I quoteth from the book of Touratech, chapter 1, verse 3, "The many different accessories for the new water-cooled GS are included in the new Touratech catalog, which will be available from January 2013. They can also be ordered from the web shop at shop.touratech.com."

I like the option of cruise control vs. using throttle locks. i wish I could have powered it up to try out the spinning knob on the left handlebar--kind of like iDrive in a BMW car, I'm guessing.

Same here, same show I think.
Worked the clutch and gear lever, everything very smooth. The gear lever didn't seem to have any play in it and the first and second went in like butter. I also like that knob that adjusts the windshield and the handlebar controls.
Lots of room on this bike if you're 6'7.